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Videos: Gresham Event Venue, Kinderlou-Clyattville Road RoW, Hurricane Idalia repairs @ LCC Work 2024-02-12

This morning the Lowndes County Commission spent nine and a half minutes
on the
contentious Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road.
They did not discuss the
substantial opposition letters from Richard A. Stalvey and Justin Coleman.

Two of the Commissioners were not present: Joyce Evans and Demarcus Marshall.
They were with County Manager Paige Dukes in Washington DC.

Commissioner Scottie Orenstein (it’s in his district) asked if the Gresham Event Venue applicants
understood they needed not to be a noise nuisance.
The County Planner said the applicants had been made aware,
and had discussed using tents which could accomodate up to 300 people.
I don’t see how that would reduce noise.

Chairman Bill Slaughter asked if a condition could be added that music could
only be inside the building.
The County Planner said yes, but Code Enforcement would have to enforce it.
There was more discussion of noise.

They vote 5:30 PM Tuesday (tomorrow).


[Collage @ LCC 12 February 2024]

Collage @ LCC 12 February 2024

They spent 3 minutes on the less contentious Byrd Road house lot project,
and less on Continue reading →

Videos: Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road, Byrd Road residences, Hahira three-parter, and Valdosta rezonings @ GLPC 2024-01-29

The

Gresham Event Venue,
after 21 minutes and two failed votes,
got a 5:3 recommendation of denial by the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) on January 29, 2024.
The actual rezoning decision will be made at the

February 13, 2024, Lowndes County Commission meeting.

The

Richard Hill River and Nan Street Valdosta rezoning
took 16 minutes.
GLPC recommended all commercial.

Longest was the

three-part Hahira case, rezone, PUD, and annex.
GLPC recommended to approve, table, and approve, respectively,
with all three motions by Franklin Bailey.


[Collage @ LCC 29 January 2024]

Collage @ LCC 29 January 2024

GLPC recommended approval of everything else.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the Continue reading →

Packet: Gresham Event Venue, Kinderlou-Clyattville Road RoW, Hurricane Idalia repairs @ LCC 2024-02-12

Update 2024-02-12:
Videos: Gresham Event Venue, Kinderlou-Clyattville Road RoW, Hurricane Idalia repairs @ LCC Work 2024-02-12.

The contentious Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road is on the Lowndes County Commission agenda for this week, after the Planning Commission last month recommended denial in a split vote.
It drew substantial opposition letters from Richard A. Stalvey and Justin Coleman.

The County Commissioners meet Monday morning at 8:30 AM to discuss, and they vote 5:30 PM Tuesday.

Also the less contentious Byrd Road house lot project, the purchase of right of way for Kinderlou-Clyattville Road,
more money from TIA for Briggston Road Paving and Drainage Improvements,
acceptance of infrastructure and roads for
Quarterman Estates Phase 4, Section 2 (no relation),
and several Hurricane Idalia repair projects to be reimbursed 87% by FEMA.


[Collage, Packet, LCC 2024-02-12]

Collage, Packet, LCC 2024-02-12

Here is the agenda.
The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,

is on the LAKE website.

See also the
LAKE videos of the previous month’s Planning Commission meeting.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Packet: Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road and Byrd Road individual residences @ GLPC 2024-01-29

Update 2024-02-11:
Videos: Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road, Byrd Road residences, Hahira three-parter, and Valdosta rezonings @ GLPC 2024-01-29.

My bad: Lowndes County did send the packet materials for the two Lowndes County items Friday, plus the proposed GLPC calendar for 2024.
They are on the LAKE website,
for this evening’s Greater Lowndes Planning Commission meeting.


[Packet: Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road and Byrd Road individual residences @ GLPC 2024-01-29]

Packet: Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road and Byrd Road individual residences @ GLPC 2024-01-29

About the Byrd Road “individual residences&rdquop, staff express what seem to be reservations that the “unique shape of the property
coupled with the requirements for individual
well and septic systems naturally limits the overall development.”
But staff recommend approval.

For the Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road, staff recommend several conditions, and they cite four other rural event venues.
It’s worth quoting much of that agenda sheet: Continue reading →

Packet: Hahira 26 acre development; Valdosta financial institution, animal boarding, and commercial speculation; Lowndes County event venue and subdivision @ GLPC 2024-01-29

Update 2024-01-29:
Actually, Lowndes County did email the materials on Friday. Packet: Gresham Event Venue on Old Valdosta Road and Byrd Road individual residences @ GLPC 2024-01-29.

Lowndes County did not return the materials for the two Lowndes County items
listed in the agenda for Monday’s Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting.
I have asked them again, noting the 3 days allowed for a response to a Georgia Open Recorda Act (GORA) request have passed.


[Collage, GLPC Packet 2024-01-29]

Collage, GLPC Packet 2024-01-29

Valdosta and Hahira staff (led by Matt Martin) find all the requests for those
two cities consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and recommends approval,
except for one of the Hahira proposals.

All three Hahira proposals are by Cre8ive Development Partners LLC,
for 26 acres on 5901 U.S. 41 North.
They are 8. to rezone, 9. to approve a planned development, and 10. to annex the property into the City of Hahira.

It’s that middle item that staff recommends further steps for: Continue reading →

Videos: 2 Lowndes County rezonings; 1 Valdosta @ GLPC 2013-02-25



Two applicants in a row said they didn’t know until recently
that their properties had restrictions on them,
and even staff seemed confused about at least one of them.
Maybe there’s something wrong with how the county makes that information
available to purchasers of property?
Almost nobody attended the
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission meeting of 25 February 2013,
as you can see from
these videos.


Agenda
Here’s

the agenda.
And here’s a summary of the cases.

Lowndes County, Final action,

Tuesday 12 March 2013


2. REZ-2013-03 Valler


REZ-2013-03 Rezoning for Jeremy Valler, Knight s Academy Rd. R-21 to R-A, Well/Septic, ~10.4

Knights Academy Road, Valdosta

Request to rezone 10 acres from
R-21 (Medium Density Residential)
to
R-A (Residential Agriculture)

They want two pet thoroughbred horses on the property.
Nobody spoke against.



Applicant spoke for, saying the property was purchased
by his mother, who is currently in Iraq, and they had
been under the impression it was already zoned agricultural.
When they discovered it wasn’t, they applied to change it.


In discussion
Jody Hall asked

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Agenda: 2 Lowndes County rezonings; 1 Valdosta @ GLPC 2013-02-25


Agenda
To get an agenda for tonight’s Planning Commission meeting,
apparently you have to go to the meeting; here it is.
It’s sloppier than usual:
Case REZ-2013-04 has neither a number of acres nor
a specific location.
Why is the Planning Commission not revealing this information?

Douglas O. Thompson owns two properties on Bemiss Road, but one
of them is in Valdosta taxing district, so presumably it’s
the other one, of 1.28 acres at 3432 Bemiss Road.
Why is this a secret?

Perhaps for the same reason that the county doesn’t just publish
PDF of this agenda on the web for all to see?

Here’s a summary of the cases.

Lowndes County,

Final action

Tuesday 12 March 2013 		2. REZ-2013-03 Valler

Knights Academy Road, Valdosta

Request to rezone 10 acres from
R-21 (Medium Density Residential)
to
R-A (Residential Agriculture)
3. REZ-2013-04 Thompson

Bemiss Road, Valdosta

Request to rezone [?] acres from
C-H/c (Highway Commercial conditional)
to
C-H (Highway Commercial)
Valdosta,

Final Action

Thursday, 7 March 2013 		4. VA-2013-01 Turner Brooks LLC

411 West Mary Street, Valdosta

Request to rezone 0.50 acres from
R-6 (Single Family Residential)
to
R-M (Multi-Family Residential)

-jsq

Planning Commission yesterday: did you know? @ GLPC 2013-01-28

Did you see an agenda or an announcement that the Greater Lowndes
Planning Commission (GLPC) was meeting yesterday?

Agenda @ GLPC 2013-01-28
Nor did LAKE.
Matt Martin, Valdosta City Planner, usually sends an agenda to
Gretchen, but there were no Valdosta items on this agenda,
so he apparently didn’t even get one.
And the county still doesn’t publish GLPC agendas,
so if there was an item on there that affected you, how could you know?
Does that seem right to you?

On the agenda were three Lowndes County rezoning items,
all involving C-H (Highway Commercial),
and one Lake Park rezoning case, going to
R-P (Residential/Professional).
Here’s a summary of the cases.
You know, if I can do this in a couple of minutes by
typing it in from a photograph that Gretchen took, Lowndes County could
do it in a second by pressing Export to PDF.
Now that there’s a new Chairman, maybe he’ll say they should do that.

Lowndes County,

Final action

Tuesday 12 Feb 2013 		4. REZ-2012-20 Corbett

US 41 South and Newsome Road, Valdosta

Request to rezone ~5 acres from E-A (Estate Agriculture) to
C-H (Highway Commercial)
5. REZ-2013-01 Barrentine

102 Davis Road East, Valdosta

Request to rezone 1.2 acres from
C-H (Highway Commercial)
to
R-1 (Low Density Residential)
6. REZ-2013-02 Interstate Land Management

Briarwood Road along I-75, Valdosta

Request to rezone 4.87 acres from
R-1 (Low Density Residential)
to
C-H (Highway Commercial)
Lake Park,

Final Action

Tuesday 5 Feb 2013 		LP-12-2012-01 Karen K. Nolan and Blanche C. Bush

105 Broadway Street, Lake Park

Request to rezone 0.46 acres from
R-15 (Single Family Residential)
to
R-P (Residential/Professional)

-jsq

Sprawl to ruin, or dense with green space for quality of life



Jeffrey H. Dorfman,
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural & Applied Economics,
The University of Georgia:

Local governments must ensure balanced growth, as
sprawling residential growth is a certain ticket to
fiscal ruin*

* Or at least big tax increases.

See

The Economics of Growth, Sprawl and Land Use Decisions.

  • Green spaces increase property values of surrounding land
  • Green and open spaces can provide environmental amenities for free
  • If green spaces contribute to quality of life, you
    attract people and jobs to community

Note and jobs, not just people: jobs so the people can work
and afford the houses they live in.

But this doesn’t mean exurban subdivisions with big yards:

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